The Disney CEO made this statement (knowing that ESPN's subscriber fees are already the highest in cable) this time at Disney's second quarter earnings call--rumors are that the Worldwide Leader will join with Fox (not ABC) for the broadcast rights to the 2014 Winter Games and 2016 Summer Games (ESPN and Fox already co-own rights to Pac-12 football and basketball games) and try to force Kabletown into an inflated bid for NBC to retain the rights:
http://www.adweek.com/news/television/iger-suggests-olympics-could-boost-espn-sub-fee-131531 CBS and Turner are also expected to make a joint bid for the Olympics. -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
